ATLAS: University of Bergen University of Oslo

ALICE: University of Bergen Bergen University

    College University of Oslo

Strong involvement in the ATLAS and ALICE experiments

+ participation in smaller projects (CLIC, ISOLDE, AEGIS, NA61)

Norway and CERN

High Energy Physics in Norway

Blue: Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim:Universities (offering everything up through PhD)

Red: University Colleges currently involved at CERN (offering up through master level) – some becoming Universities (soon). Some also involved in the ATLAS/ALICE experiments. Supply, with NTNU, all technical students at master level (10-15 yearly)

Today around 140 Norwegian researchers, engineers, postdocs (15-20), PhD students (20-25) and master students (20-25) are involved in the CERN activities:

At CERN: Around 15-20 technical students at CERN in addition to the Norwegian staff (10-15 at master and ~5 ph.d level)

Around 90 Norwegian researchers (of all categories above) are registered as users travelling frequently to CERN

The rest travelling are less frequently or working in Norway within the CERN related research programmes

CERN Teacher Programme

The Norwegian Physics Teacher schools at CERN are set-up by the Association for Norwegian Physics Teachers (a very active organization), which is also a subgroup of the Norwegian Physical Society (making sure education is a key issue also for at that level) – see information on the right

Norwegian CERN physicists take a major part of the lectures, and Mick and co pull it all together with some key non-Norwegian speakers and a social programme

CERN school frequency limited by availability of funding for the teachers (which they arrange in various ways)

First school in 2007, next in March 2011, next Sept/October this year, see agenda example from previous school including Norwegian CERN physicists as lecturers (either CERN staff or University staff coming down for the occasion)

Additional effect:Many school classes visit CERN (1100 pupils in 2012), on initiative by these teachers or other teachers in the Association for Physics Teachers

All of the teachers are informed about the CERN schools and possibilities for visiting, and many come back year after year with their classes. In periods we have daily visits.

Summary

Norwegian teacher schools take place roughly every 2 years, limited by funding

Norwegian researchers at CERN have important roles in making sure the programme is set up and make key presentations

The Norwegian Physics teachers are very well organized, very active and the programme is well known among them (close to 500 members of their association)

In addition there are many pupils coming to CERN as a result of this programme and the fact that visit-possibilities are well advertised among the physics teachers